Mason Bates

American DJ and composer

Since 1977

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Mason Wesley Bates (born January 23, 1977) is a Grammy award-winning American composer of symphonic music and DJ of electronic dance music. He is the first composer-in-residence of the Kennedy Center, and he has also been in residence with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the California Symphony. In addition to his notable works Mothership, Anthology of Fantastic Zoology, and The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, he composed the score to Gus Van Sant's film The Sea of Trees. In a 2018 survey of American orchestras, he was rated the second-most performed living composer. On September 21, 2025, his opera The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay opened the Metropolitan Opera's 140th season.

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Mason W. Bates (né le 23 janvier 1977) est un compositeur américain de musique symphonique.

Il s'est distingué par ses innovations sur le plan de l'orchestration et sur des formes musicales à grande échelle. Bates est réputé pour l'utilisation de l'électronique au sein des orchestres. Il est un des compositeurs de sa génération les plus joués[réf. nécessaire]. Il a travaillé en étroite collaboration avec l'orchestre symphonique de San Francisco. Actuellement, il est compositeur en résidence au sein de l'orchestre symphonique de Chicago.

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